Word: magic
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...West Africans themselves were seldom shy about having their music recorded; they considered the playbacks "tremendous magic." Once, hearing his voice played back, a native insisted that Alberts had stolen his tongue. He regained his composure when Alberts held up a mirror...
...shoe salesman, had been hired last January after an audition. Impresario Sol Hurok had brought her to the Met after hearing her sing in her teacher's Manhattan studio. She was set to work on the coloratura role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute, due for a Metropolitan Opera performance in early 1951. Like other neophytes at the Met, she spent the rest of her time attending classes in the Met's affiliated Kathryn Turney Long Opera Courses, watching rehearsals, singing once in a while in rehearsal ensembles-until Manager Rudolf Bing...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). The Magic Flute, with Eleanor Steber and Richard Tucker...
...what begins as magic winds up in the foothills of monotony, the trip is smoothly enough managed, the chief travelers are fun to observe. Lilli Palmer-whether murmuring endearments or, cat in hand, muttering incantations-is seductive and vivacious, and even in the fast company of demons, Rex Harrison provides a mere human being with dash...
...Miniver Story (M-G-M). Eight years ago, against the flaming backdrop of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Sidney Franklin produced the successful Mrs. Miniver. For this sequel, Producer Franklin has assembled four of the original cast* but, as is often the case with sequels, most of the magic is gone...